Construction of Royal Navy's new River class OPVs gets underway

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BAE Systems has begun construction of the first of the Royal Navy’s three new River class Batch 3 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV). During a ceremony at BAE Systems Surface Ships’ Govan facility in Glasgow, Bernard Gray, the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Chief of Defence Material, activated a plasma cutting machine, which sliced through first plate of steel for HMS Forth. The ship will be the first in the Royal Navy to incorporate the state-of-the-art Shared Infrastructure operating system in its construction... Continue Reading Construction of Royal Navy's new River class OPVs gets underway

Section: Military

Tags: BAE Systems, Marine, Royal Navy, Ships

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